The Sun. — London, England, 1808-06-30 00:00:00

numerous army .which Was admitted as friends, either by imprudence and fear, as perhaps by fraud and base treachery, serving to sanction an authority, which it is no easy task to esteem lawtul: • Who was it that appointed his Serene Highness the Doke of BERG Deputy Governor of the realm ? lethis not an appointment made in Bayonne, in France, by a pious King, worthy of the most sincere respect and love.of his subjects, but who is in the hands of imperious advisers, and controuled by the force and power to which hesubjetted himself ? And is it not an artful, fantastical idea, to appoint the Commanding General Of an Army by which he is threatened, Deputy Governor of his Kingdom, • and imtnediately after to abdicate his Crown ? Did CHARLES IV wish to be restored to his Throne only for this reason, that he might despoil of it his eitilereit Aird was it necessary to appoint a Deputy . Governor; in order that by means or that authority' and of his military power, he might be able to pre. vent Spain from adopting measures to obstred the consummatioe of a project of that. nature ? I much doubt that, not only in Spain, but in all Europe, one upright person can be found, who dbes not in his bosoin declaim Against acts soextraordinary and sus picious, not to say more. To conclude, the Nation is without a King, and at a loss hew to act. The abdication of its King, and the appointment of a Deputy!Governot of the realm, are eels done in France, and in sight' of an Emperor, who conceives that he secures the happi. Bess of Spain, by giving her a dynasty, springing up from that lucky-family, which fancies to be Meapa lite of producing Princes who do not pe4iss the 'Settle talents for govereing, nations as the invincible end vielorious NiPOLEON, the 'Legislator, the Phi losopher, the Great Emperor. The Supreme Conn eilof Government, coutronled by an armed Presi dent, and surrounded by an army, cannot but consi der itself deprived of liberty ; all Nike Boards and Tribtmals of the Capital are in the same situation. What confusion ! what chaos ! what source of ca }Amities for Spaiit ! They cannot be warded off by a meeting convened without the Kingdom, and the merubets of which can neitheryossess, nor believe themselves possessed of liberty. And should the tumultuous cornmotions which may be apprehended within the realm, be joined by pretensions of ibreien Princes and Powers, by succour offered or solicited, end troops should come to fight in her bosom against the French e and the , party Which sicies,with them ; is it possible to conceive greater devastation and a scene more calamitous than would then ensue ? The compassion, love and solicitude of the Emperor and King, evinced in her favour, so far froM healing her wound, will increase her disasters. I therefore reqtiest, with all due submission, the Supreme Council' of Government will talce inlet its most serious consideration, what appears to me just epprehensioni well worthy pf their deliberation, and of being represented - to the 'Great Naroetoe. It has hitherto been in my power to reckon on the rec titude of his mind, free from ambition, and ab horring a crafty and artful policy. And. I sti'l hope, that being perte&ly satisfied; that the prosperity of Spain cannot be secured by enslaving her, lie .will not apply himself to chain her down in order to per form her cure, because she is neither insane nor tied. Let first a lawful authority be established, and alter weeds, beer cure be taken in hand, &c. PP.vRo, Bishop of °reuse. Orense, May 1..79, 1808. To Ins Excellency Don Sebastian Pipuela. MAILS. Assi.v t s Waterford. 1).2%—s Cottpn Dublin, I Waterfurel. ►'RICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWILiV II'CI.OOK. CODSOIS . . 69 Mul. 63 I t THE SUN. bOLIM QUi6 UILIKI VALIUM AUULAr? L 0 N D 0 N, I'HURSDAY, JUNE 31k, 1808. • Ws are still unable to communicate to our Readers any official intelligence ft•rn Spin, but private ac • c ounts have been received which appeal -7 w be en titledto full credit.. A Letter from St. Jao, which is not far from Corunua, dated the 14th, states % (lint a body of 14,000 men, the greater part of which were Troops of the Line, bad passed through that. . Town on their march fOr Madrid. They had with , them b 0 pieces of cannon, This force was intendud • to join other bodies of Patriotic Troops that were advancing from different points, for t4e pUrpose of liberating' the ,Cap.ital . from the ,\tyranny of the French, and avenging the blood of its slaughtered Citizens. The whole ArtPY,..Whqn,mite.d.„ were to be commanded by General Ctr&sTA, BO Officer of high reputation, and very much in the contidenCe 0 1 ' the People. The faet Of . the Spanish Troops at Oporto having declared. in fationr of their country men, and imprisoned the French Troops that were in garrison with them, is now confirined beyond doubt. Several Persons who lett it on, the I.stii Sri ived, in Tqwn yesterday : they state, .that when they came away it Was gimerally supposed' the Ports vould be open- d to the 4ritish ip a. few day§.--- From Liiboo we have heard nothing in addition to theracco'unts which we laid before our Readers f r ame days ago. We have, however, little doubt chat the Spanish Troops in Lisbon will follow the evimple of those in ()pop,: if they should, .it IA ill be impassible for JoyoT, and the few French Troops he has with bitn,,ro maintain him hell* for any length of time in his present situa _ film. It is stated i t n ,ortie of the Letters brought by Alcmene, that . the Catalans had obtained arms f i r in the French, under the pretext of supporting ibeiteausi, andthat afterwards they had declared in favour of their patriotic Brethren. We are, how. am much intlic.el to doubt tl is statement, for the . French are too conNeious of the horrible ems:es which they commit wherever they come, whether as friends or foes, to be willing to trust arms in the hands of the inhabitants. GOVERNNUNT, it it stated,, have received Dis patches of coniiderable importance from Vienna, by way of Heligoland. Nothing has transpired re speaing the precise nature of these DiSpatches, but from the accounts which have within these few weeks reached this CoUntry from different parts of the Continent, there is strung reason to suppose that the events which have recently occurred in Spain have made a deep impression upon the Cabinet of Vienna. In the present state of affairs, it would perhaps be improper to enter into any speculation upon this im portant and delicate subject. It must be obvious, how ever, to the Austrian Government, both from the lan guage which BuoNAPeitTE has held, and the conduct he has pursued with regard to Spain, that he is de- Cerrnieed that no branch of the BoURBON Family . shah be suffered to reign in Europe, and that too Treaty of Peace; or even Alliance, will for a me. ment prevent him from.attempting to carry his.per. poses into execution. We are mach Mistaken, and have been grossly misinformed, if the events to which we have alluded have not made as deep an impres sion on the North of Europe as they have at Vienna, and though we do not give credit to all the accounts which heve reaphed us, and are desirous not to ex cite expedations which may prove . unfounded ; yet we cannot but entertain strong hopes that in a shurt time a material change wilt take place in the policy • ky of the Northern Courts. THE Answer of the BISHOP of OR EM (inserted in THE SUN of this day) to the Council of Govern ment, which had required his, presence at Bayonne, is one of the . most iuterestiog of the SpAnish ,Do cuments. Tho . venerable Prelate enters . with firm ness into an inquiry as to the right of BVONAPAIITE to dispose of the Spanish Empire, and though he Finds it necessary to compliment the Tyrant, Yet his commendations wear an aspect of insulting irony ratler than of sincere resped, Some doubts have been expressed as to the authenticity of these Spa nish.Docutnents, but the twee of internal evidence is slimly sufficient to satisfy every mind not over sceptical, add it. certain that they were brought to this country by the Spanish Gentleman who recently arrived. As some plea for these doubts, it has been observed that one Of thosetioeuments is stated •to have proceeded from «she Proviniv of and that there la no such Province in Spain. Valladolid, however, is the name of the Principality, and the word Pzdvince meta very pro perly be used in an English translation. We enter. Tani no doubts upon the subject, and cheer ourselves with the hope that these Addresses will nth only be found te'speals the language of particular 1 5 r , vinces of Spain, bat of the whole population of the Coon. try, in a glorious and successful resistance of a san guinary Tyrant, who is so tkeacherously attetiiptin ; ; to enslave them. Mr. BANKEtt yesterday presented to the I - To;pe o( COI/1111011S the Report of the Committee of Finance, and upon that occasion a Conversation took. place, explanatory of the causes which'have hitherto de layed its e rodudion. It appeasittliat a materiitl dif feretkce took place in the Cpuunittee respedlin the construaion of a passage in the Report, upon - the . subjeet of Sinecure Places ; and this Nyas the whole of "that mysterious cause, upon which the Qpposition pens have copmented with so much ingeOukty, The chief question was, whether the original pasoge in the Report should be retained, the substance of which was, that some of the,Featest Sinecure Places . should be retained, and the others, with f ew excep tions, be abolished ; or whether on Aanendiuent to the following &eta should be adopted, viz, that some of the Sinecure shouh.Lbe-Oit4tiskied,- and others abolished. I . T was yesterday stated, npo u the authority of a Letter from Plymouth, that a division of the Brest Fleet had put to sea, and , had escaped. Lord GA Militia in' a fug. We ore ettabled, to state positively, that th er e i s no inundation fpr this Report ; Rd we fear, thew is nu chance of their attempting to put to sea: The Pornignege Nt:NCW had - an inten'iew witll , Lord MULGICAVE and the Boa r d of Admiralty tbi morning, and 1901: his crav e .-1-le will leave, tows to-Morrovv. in order to embark on hoard the Fitatq that is dpitinetl :, .1 • • for the Brazils. ' "' . AD. IR, our late Minister iar Vienna, has left Town upon a Uplomatic MiSsion o tial Will 4.1i1 Mediately in die Hyperion Frigate for Gibraltar, and and from thence, we understand, to Malta. 'Sir ARTHUR WELLest.ey arrived in Dublin on MondaYse'nnight, and wAS to leave that City Qll . Monday last, to join the Expedition at Cork. Some of the arms which were taken from the Spanish Armada in the time. of Queen E.LlzAtl:rit i , and have heen'sinte deposited in - the Tower, hate, it is site, within tbes few days, been :shipped tut Spah3, for :he use of the. Patriots, - His MAJcsTy's Hotisehold, in the Chartlberjai l e 4 department, is PoW yid ue to Jantl37. Yesterday,•ilt two o'clock, Ht3I‘LUEIT Y held a Private Levee at t t)e Clacea's P4;ace, whiohwatat fc ded by— The First I. , .rti of the Treasury, the Lore. Presi.lent nt the Council, the Lord l'riwy Seal, did three Secretaries of State, the Chancellor of Exchrquer, the Nlaster-General of the Ordnance, the lodge-Advocate, the Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Niontio.e ; Ear 6 Bathurst and Morton • Lords Ileatlifield and Arden (in ; Sirs - S. Coffered, arkfli. dales (Groom in mining); Gcnei:d Ta3lor; Colonel. Cur. don and Brimiolater. • ' The following bad the honour of being presented to His MAJOaTv Colonel Gorden, upon his appointinent to the Royal Afri can Corps. C lone! Drink wafer,. the President of the Commissioners of Military Enquiry, bid before his Majesty theitStalt Re port. Lieutenant-General Taylor, upon his promotion. Earl Morton, upon his ()clips appointel Lord Lieutenant of the County of Rite. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave au diences to the Duke of PORTLAND, and the other Cabinet Ministers; likewise to Mr. Rvnut, the Judge Advocate, who laid before his MAJESTY the proceedings of several Courts Martial. Yesterday Htitt AJESTY and the PRINCESSES ho noured Lady CHARLOTTE FINCH Uhll a 113 it, at her 'apartments in St. James's-Palace. They were met by the Prince of WALES, who handed them from and to their carriages. His Royal Highness appear .ed in excellent spirits, and We have not seen him up pear in better health forsome time past. Yesterday the Dukes of CHNIURIII.AND,- CAM 3RIDGE, and the Pi incest Soknia of GLOUCESTER, dined With Thep MAJEsTies and the PRlNctise. Oct Saturday the Prince of Wales's rOthregiment of Light Dragoons had a field-dity ,on Hounslow Heath, pro/tops to their being reviewed by his Royal Highness, which took placeim Tuesday at the sante place. His Royal Highness was On the Heath before eleven o'clock, attended by the. DukeS of I.PQRIC, KENT, CIibIiERLAND, 2111d,CAM BRIDGE, with a numerous assemblage of General and other Mil'e tary Otticeri. After the review the ParNca en tertaiued his Royal Brothers and the Officers with a sumptuous dinner, at the Castle Inn.. liichnlonel. We have been favOured with the following Com parative Statement of the number of Vrisoners tried, conviaed, acquitted, and executed in Lnland and Wales and in Ireland; during the years 1805, 1806, and 1 . 807 Number of Prisoners Tried, Convicted, Acquitted. and • Executed. is Eslaand and Wales, in. the Years, viz. !E..; I 13c6 I IS 7 1 1 utdi Titcd ;.; ' - - 4Sia 4 3 45 4l4 t) I 1 3. 2 . 1 3 Conviele4 - - . 2730, 2484 346 a I 7.6 1 44 Acquitted - - 11 ta, 183 i 1 h73 3,i,;1 I.: xccuted - - I 6S I 57 I - 63 183 Qt . the.,e in I.und lun - so 43 I 14 37 Number of Prisoners Tried, Conviaed, Acquitted, and Exe cuted in Ireland in the years, viz. Tiled ' - Cony Wed - Acqudted . . Executed - Of these iu Dublia . 'No; 1 18°6 I 1807 I Tout. 1 - 213 I 19515 3 9, 1, S 9" 613 oci 564 1134 i 1 4 0 1 341 1 3 , 0 2 4 1 37 'i I 11 I C A I 1.193 Orders have been sent to Cbatham, to. ascertain inunediiitely s'llat Ships t' that' Port are (it to re ceive troops on board. The power whiCh the.Coupcil of Arragon hog a:surnedi of eluting a Sovereigu, in the present 'ex traordinary eiretimstances in which Spain is plac9d, is in stria conformity with the ancient and establish ed principles of the Law of Spain, which in distinct terns; declares the right of the People, in such cases, to elect the King, and to regulate the Succession. According to the original principhcs of the Spanish Constitution, the choice of a Sovereign. dei:tnds upon the will of the people. As the late Royal Family have abdicated' the Throne, the people are now left to the exercised their inherent, rights, for it is not in the power of the Monarch,. though he may resign _his Crown, to trataer the pre,ent state of the public wind in Spain, it is nut to be supposed that they will steer a Deputa tion, pretending to represent the people, bt:t in reality insiituied by BUuNAPARTP., to exercise the national vt ill. The probability is, that 'Xing, JOSEPH wi;l be obliged to mum to Naples, where the people oh. happ4 . ate too weak:to be able to reject their row code Mu narth. • slosern BUONAPAIrM the mock king of Spain, practised as an Attorney at llayonne,where he wield ed lite pen with no -success, "which' has been trans , allied into a Scotrc by the talis-manic touch 'of Nitret.eos the Gaeiq I,4erd ELoist, with the same liberal spirit which marks the conduct of the Marquis of STAFFORD ;told Guos'veNou, submits the tine collection of Antiquities, which helatvly brought from abroad, to be open, to public itispeaion. Sir GROitGii BEALTAIoNT is going to' remove his colleaion of Pitures, which, fur its extent, is woe of the . must valuable in the' metrvolis, to his coun try-seat. ! This removal' will be a great loss to the connoissors. &MD, ARNA 1.1) and other eminent Artists, with a liberality highlylionourable to them, are com pleting some unimished left by the late FactinAtit,i4, fortheidyantag,e 01 his family. Itosit, the . Stataa,ty, desenes a very otmtuendatury notice for the zeal which he has shewo on the occasion.— ritEsuiti v was an Artist of great merit, and a very wort hy Mrs. Alto/ NTA I N has been engaged fora few nights at -Edinburgh, where 'she is now pertoruting with great eclat in all the principal mcsical charatters. I.l7.mr,LE`, as soon as his rheumatic affedion will permit, goes- to pass the summer with . his old friend, Lord Got ',motto, in Oxfordshire. 13ANNI,tca is rambling' about with an assemblage of comic crudities which he calls his Budget,, and by which he tilled his pockets during the vacation labt year. 'it has been erroneously said that the Duchess of you,K, was in the carriage which 04 taken in exe. anion on Friday nigh', at the dour of Willis's The Duchess had been some tune in the •Concert Room, when this untoward event took place. The servile homage which has been paU to 800-14/1114%n:4 1 4 / 1 114%n:4 by those Spaniards who were compelled to ~i~trnd Ins Court at Bayonne, is such a , complete illustration of the words oh .Macbeth, that the Corsi can Tyrant might with equal truth apply them to' himself. 14 MOllth h 3 rlOUr " Which the podt tongue w0u1..1. 14in deny, Hut (Lao wk." NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JUNE Cs.- , —Arrived the Sc,L..,rcel,l S)irrit, Loyally, LA \-LET, Country 'Sep/ abd the Fortune, I\lcr-LeY; from JilillaiCil, Linen witit--rotorsupr,- &e., banuil to London) under convoy of th'e AreMusa Frigate aid 114 k SiOop of War, .abont 200 -Sail in company; above- Ships parted • from the Convoy 16 3 gal . ° wind,. on the 811: ilia. at which time (4475 Sala! the Fleet were in sight. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE CD 11115 daY 44 Bonne C.lloyenne Sloop of War, and Sharpsho3hl Gun-brig, with a small Convoy for the Weit" rd * The drethusa Frigate takes c;otivoy to . the MAII"' DEAL, JUNE t!9.—The Henry Addingtot,Cufillt' Britannia, NottingiAam, Scakl y Cosik,Cumbeilasi, and True Briton arrived' in' the Downs this after' noon from china, under convoy of Ili* lthr l Y • Ship St. Allan's.—Tlie Hon. Comp-413'1s Slap It'e' tr!afl4`iiot. vet arrived, but is in ilia Chaoilcif The Dteence sailed this afternoon for tt.e SHEER/4ESS, JeN'F. l 2.B.—Arrived the Spiii€o ,sl4 of War, Captain Et.ms, from the North SAI ,- Just' 2b.—S,tiled the .-iggt'essor Gail-brig,Licat• J. WaTso -- , for the I)owns ; a l so some veo:s nick hump for P,ortsrnouth Dock-rind., . Arrived the ShMiless Tendor, Lieutenant G. F' s ' frozn Hull, with reetuits for the Royal Marille'' Passed by ter the River a few Sail. antined is cxpeded wsail this everix4°f Gottenbur4h. DISTRIBUTION Of PRIZE MONO'. „ Toth; Naiad, for the Capture of ihe Wiliam Littler; (in company with the DiaMinel, CrJa..er, and C ‘Vg' board the Naiad, on her arrival. ill Fort, an.l ever) s r d , -clay and Fruhiy ur three montl.s am., at No. z 2., tract, Strand. • To the &fleas, for the Capture` of' Lit ViaciiiC v.iteer, at the ()Mee at Hurry, tikes. sod Co. (:041t1/4 1 . -the 4:lt da) of July, and every Wetillealy jilt' three 11101101), at I Ile same place. • F r - e r i o ic t h he t, Cutter r brig L t 2 %1 ;,:flujrati!7. CatlipLur(c)ijoilctch,e!C,ll,oir:ror. {uses, and Co. Guiport ; and every W,:nile;day A na•+.• 'day tor three mouths, at the t...une • his Extra& of a Letter from an ()dicer on boat 1- Majesty's Ship Daphne; slated June 18, off l' '' Coast tit Jutland : • We have been some time buffeiting a b ' ut ( e of Coast of Ju Lind, but have only 'made 3 C3led one-Brig, laden with fish, and our Boats sucte shoreta in destroying three others which had ron oo prevent being taken by - the Ship. Th0 12 ' 4°1 4 1 ,, o a was a Schooner, taclen with whici l shore under a signal station. The alai II) and a party of thirty Itifletnen, and a fliq";1';;, ' eame • to itrn ttAscstance. A Lieutenant rat 'NI 3 r l , l- 00 t,“) m id4hipmen, and nineteen Senthen, ,s Boats, arm!d with a carronade and small made the attack, and drove them oti' the WO about twenty minutes," and tifte:•wards. bona bt`r st .! leisure. The Lieutenant of Marines, a' MidslyvnTt and three S.i.4anten were un f ortottat elv wo w:lo , 7 lJ we saw double their number fall on 'the beach , al destroyed their Vessel." cc 5, esterday a Letter was ieLeived from C of the • Caroline Privateer, bet-n,)big lo which was captured.by a Spanish Brig or s ll l' e u ,i force. It was supposed that Captain Jos'l4,l;. been kided in thu TintsTintshiS relation , IP ' 1i many Fut o► m itirning for him. The Private el , le e engaged wa s a Bri4 helonging to Vivo. Stio 6 11 long sizs and 86 men. The Caroline sv's an inferior force; and had on board only 3() After two broadsides had been exchanged,..n arly calm, and notwithstanding the exAlit'll s ml 1 0 0 Captain JoN•ris and his valiant crew, they vo ll ' e ,,. rrevent the Spaniards from coming alongside, twin JON p soon after had the MiS tOrtolle { 0 re C 4 4 .0, a musket-ball in the calf 01 his kg, beside s Ilb`!i,f wi,uncl in his head. A number of the 0 1 `:} 0 threw themselves on board and overpuweredaiit, crew (gibe Caroline. Notwithstanchog 5 4 1 , JuxEs would not order his men to strike titrtr lours, but left it to the Spaniards io cm ;hew 0 10 1 The contest lasted two hours. Teie Sit their Second Captain and six men killed. an" 1 ,7; 1. 0 men wounded. • Tne Ccot/ine had tin " t' 1 41 and fourteen severely won!) .eit, de 4 JONES. The crew of the ca,0104 , were in °3! instance treaied with severity; but ou their 1.4 00; it) where tt,ey tpund that Pi-mi n ce ill ' t o , against Draftee, they were treated, 1,11 O r ' O l deruess of brothers, and were inunediately with other British Prl s on e rs, amounting In "I ly l hundred and sevente , n. Captain JoNEs l e ft Corimna on the 17 in it'fit, and came home ia the Alcmene ;. rest 0141 4 , ficers, and men, with other. Prwil,;;;o re ' inained on board die Dtfionce Flail 01 Was o. W 1 ' runna. . - • WnIP.,-Ct v a Y i 1 the it h . Ch.b assembled - in-Audiey;silttal 't o • .—__es.ert.ay thirteen MeabortSvi°olY their ot carriages ;Ind tour. They sowed abotitii Jack clock from thence for Bellow,. iodine at I i le m ,lil) bor p e 'e i ' l l : 1 Dog . Inn. Sir Fi*N . EY PEYTON let) the. oitY I. iis I, , iir handsome grtys. • h ,be a a t t :t e a r n a ne i r ul t l lfe al n it i l os P t i e n it i ert i i i i l l i l n ar e ;, 4' . 7 •7- 111 ; „ w , N i rg GAr Row, wife of Wsi. GA atww, Esti. of Reillb wr- 0 _Last Fridaratternoon, as Mr. Roootts, Banlicro,o man Newport, e t Is! ('- ‘VI3III, was erosiingiti a b" s o r t a Lyniington to Yarmouth, by the impntdened, " t he getting up the mast to release the hOrr ug '....l,l, _ boat was upset, and Mr. 11. unfOrtunately:dr",wwh Being a corpulent man, his body finale i and % e l l ,:', l , near l'eupyoetiis, taken ups oon atter the OCCitletit, he " 11 l i tlitt. foight Oti'Mpoday afternoon a desperate bald:: wa': - , t roei i carpemers,ot the names ot Smith and White. ii,iie d Poplar, t w! ...,,.en I %' 0 Pu rli* ,, l ith re,.:i.ted a violent binw on the head, ,lad'"'`'' id d. Captain HANTYN, on the spot. His antagonist iminediately ab c . l „ to On the 14. th ult. a pointer tlitc.•, twi"" l i llu tls extraordinary number of 16 beallbY VP ° at 3 • ~.: at Aberdeen, brought ibrilloo. ~k